Head-to-Head: Games Played Between Larry Bird and Mychal Thompson

This is the detail of NBA games in which Larry Bird and Mychal Thompson played against each other, including head-to-head record, stats average, game highs and game-by-game data both in the Regular Season and Playoffs.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Games against each other

They faced each other a total of 24 times in NBA games. Overall, they are tied 12-12, but Mychal Thompson won more matchups in the Playoffs for a 4-2 postseason record.

Games Played Against Each Other

Larry Bird
vs.
Mychal Thompson
NBA Timeline:
1946-47
2025-26
Larry Bird:
1979-80 to 1991-92
Mychal Thompson:
1978-79 to 1990-91
24 Games played
18 in Regular Season
6 in Playoffs

Summary of Victories

 Games Won in
Regular Season		 in
Playoffs
Larry Bird
12
10
2
Mychal Thompson
12
8
4

Stats in Games Between Them

Averages
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 27.0 10.3 6.8 1.81.4
Mychal Thompson 12.7 7.6 2.20.80.7
Game Highs
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 48 18 12 53
Mychal Thompson 29 16 6 33
Games with better stats than the other player...
Player
 Points Rebounds AssistsStealsBlocks
Larry Bird 22

games		 15

games		 22

games		 17

games		14

games
Mychal Thompson 2

games 		7

games		 2

games		 5

games		4

games
Both had same stat 0

games		 2

games		 0

games		 2

games		6

games

Head To Head Games Played: One by One

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1980-81 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 26, 1980
1. Celtics 126   Larry Bird 24 9 7 2 1 5 2 38 11-16 .688 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Trail Blazers 101   Mychal Thompson 13 9 1 3 0 5 1 32 5-14 .357 0-0 - 3-6 .500
Jan. 04, 1981
2. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 33 8 5 2 2 3 2 44 14-21 .667 1-1 1.000 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 111   Mychal Thompson 22 10 4 1 2 1 2 40 11-21 .524 0-1 .000 0-1 .000
1981-82 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 24, 1982
3. Celtics 119   Larry Bird 17 6 5 3 3 5 3 41 6-18 .333 2-3 .667 3-5 .600
Trail Blazers 123   Mychal Thompson 16 9 3 1 0 6 3 43 6-15 .400 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Feb. 19, 1982
4. Celtics 127   Larry Bird 25 7 12 1 2 1 4 43 10-21 .476 0-0 - 5-5 1.000
Trail Blazers 117   Mychal Thompson 29 11 6 0 2 2 4 45 11-15 .733 0-0 - 7-10 .700
1982-83 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 24, 1982
5. Celtics 104   Larry Bird 22 5 4 1 2 2 1 41 9-23 .391 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 95   Mychal Thompson 23 13 5 0 0 4 5 41 8-18 .444 0-0 - 7-8 .875
Feb. 17, 1983
6. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 24 9 4 4 1 4 4 45 11-28 .393 0-1 .000 2-3 .667
Trail Blazers 121   Mychal Thompson 19 12 5 1 0 2 3 37 7-13 .538 0-0 - 5-10 .500
1983-84 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 02, 1983
7. Celtics 115   Larry Bird 41 14 7 1 2 5 3 45 15-27 .556 1-2 .500 10-10 1.000
Trail Blazers 106   Mychal Thompson 17 16 3 2 0 3 2 38 6-15 .400 0-0 - 5-7 .714
Feb. 19, 1984
8. Celtics 107   Larry Bird 34 18 9 3 1 4 4 46 14-20 .700 2-2 1.000 4-4 1.000
Trail Blazers 101   Mychal Thompson 6 14 4 2 0 5 3 39 3-11 .273 0-0 - 0-0 -
1984-85 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jan. 27, 1985
9. Celtics 128   Larry Bird 48 10 7 3 1 5 3 45 17-28 .607 2-5 .400 12-12 1.000
Trail Blazers 127   Mychal Thompson 18 4 2 0 2 3 2 40 8-17 .471 0-0 - 2-3 .667
Feb. 12, 1985
10. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 25 11 7 3 1 4 2 36 9-20 .450 1-1 1.000 6-6 1.000
Trail Blazers 111   Mychal Thompson 17 10 6 3 0 5 4 38 8-15 .533 0-0 - 1-2 .500
1985-86 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 06, 1985
11. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 20 11 7 1 3 3 1 39 9-26 .346 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000
Trail Blazers 121   Mychal Thompson 13 6 2 0 1 1 4 31 6-14 .429 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 14, 1986
12. Celtics 120   Larry Bird 47 14 11 1 2 8 1 49 21-34 .618 3-3 1.000 2-3 .667
OT Trail Blazers 119   Mychal Thompson 5 6 1 0 0 1 2 24 2-6 .333 0-0 - 1-3 .333
1986-87 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Nov. 28, 1986
13. Celtics 111   Larry Bird 31 15 8 3 1 3 1 40 12-26 .462 2-6 .333 5-5 1.000
Spurs 96   Mychal Thompson 3 2 3 0 0 1 0 13 1-5 .200 0-0 - 1-2 .500
Feb. 15, 1987
14. Celtics 103   Larry Bird 20 5 7 1 2 3 2 43 7-12 .583 1-2 .500 5-7 .714
Lakers 106   Mychal Thompson 10 4 1 0 0 3 5 29 5-7 .714 0-0 - 0-0 -
1987 Playoffs - NBA Finals
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Jun. 02, 1987
15. Celtics 113   Larry Bird 32 7 6 1 0 0 0 42 14-25 .560 0-0 - 4-4 1.000
Lakers 126   Mychal Thompson 4 3 1 2 0 0 4 18 1-1 1.000 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jun. 04, 1987
16. Celtics 122   Larry Bird 23 10 4 1 1 3 1 36 9-17 .529 1-1 1.000 4-5 .800
Lakers 141   Mychal Thompson 4 4 0 0 3 0 3 24 2-6 .333 0-0 - 0-1 .000
Jun. 07, 1987
17. Celtics 109   Larry Bird 30 12 4 0 1 4 2 44 10-24 .417 0-1 .000 10-11 .909
Lakers 103   Mychal Thompson 10 3 0 0 2 0 3 27 4-7 .571 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Jun. 09, 1987
18. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 21 10 7 1 2 5 3 47 7-19 .368 2-3 .667 5-5 1.000
Lakers 107   Mychal Thompson 16 9 2 2 0 0 3 33 6-9 .667 0-0 - 4-7 .571
Jun. 11, 1987
19. Celtics 123   Larry Bird 23 12 7 2 1 2 2 44 7-18 .389 1-2 .500 8-9 .889
Lakers 108   Mychal Thompson 18 3 0 0 0 2 5 32 4-6 .667 0-0 - 10-11 .909
Jun. 14, 1987
20. Celtics 93   Larry Bird 16 9 5 2 2 4 1 41 6-16 .375 0-1 .000 4-4 1.000
Lakers 106   Mychal Thompson 15 9 1 1 2 1 3 37 6-12 .500 0-0 - 3-4 .750
1987-88 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Dec. 11, 1987
21. Celtics 114   Larry Bird 35 9 8 5 2 1 3 43 14-26 .538 1-1 1.000 6-8 .750
Lakers 115   Mychal Thompson 9 4 0 1 1 3 1 25 3-9 .333 0-0 - 3-4 .750
Feb. 14, 1988
22. Celtics 106   Larry Bird 25 17 4 0 1 5 2 40 8-22 .364 0-0 - 9-11 .818
Lakers 115   Mychal Thompson 12 11 0 1 1 1 2 31 5-8 .625 0-0 - 2-5 .400
1989-90 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 18, 1990
23. Celtics 110   Larry Bird 20 7 7 1 0 4 2 46 9-17 .529 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
Lakers 116   Mychal Thompson 6 8 2 0 0 0 4 28 2-7 .286 0-0 - 2-2 1.000
1990-91 Season
Game
  
Player
 Pts Reb Ast Stl Blk TO PF Min
FG
%
3PT
%
FT
%
Feb. 15, 1991
24. Celtics 98   Larry Bird 11 11 11 2 0 2 1 40 4-16 .250 1-3 .333 2-2 1.000
Lakers 85   Mychal Thompson 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 10 0-2 .000 0-0 - 0-0 -
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